Teaching Languages Through Storytelling

Teaching through storytelling

Ana Revuelta FernándezCristina González Allende

Esther Mazón García

Our work Methodology of storytelling

Traditional activities

Digital storytelling

WHAT IS STORYTELLING?

To relate a tale

Voice and a gesture.

Not reading or reciting from memory.

STORYTELLING

STORYTELLING

Why is storytelling so important?

To learn from the past

In order to no repeat the mistakes

To develop children´s character, virtues and values.

BENEFITS OF STORYTELLING IN EDUCATION

Increases self-esteem

confidence in speaking to groups.

expressive language skills

stimulates inventive thinking.

cooperation and relationships

personal growth

BENEFITS FROM LISTENING TO STORIES

1. Imagination.

2. Listening skills.

3. Love: language, reading, and creative writing.

4. Language skills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA8f9f7lVn4&feature=related

TYPES AND EXAMPLES OF STORYTELLING

Traditional VS modern (digital storytelling)

Traditional storytelling

Different methodologies:

1. Story warmers

2. The craft of story-making

3. Retelling

4. Beginnings and endings

5. Sorting and sequencing

6. Starting with one thing

Traditional storytelling

Remember a story-mime:

1. Don´t speak, mime 2. Speak, mime with children 3. Talk and children mime 4. Children retell alone

Traditional storytelling. Example 1

Domino stories

Groups of five

Five small picture cards for group

Get up one card and begin a story

The next get up other card and continue

Traditional storytelling. Example 2

Build your story

Use one sentence of each group

Create their own story

Read, explain… give them time

Traditional storytelling. Example 3

Funny yellow

- Show a picture and ask

- Draw his own “funny yellow”

- Write words and phrases

- Invent a short story

Traditional storytelling. Example 4

Making books

zig-zag books

pop up books

Shape books

Traditional storytelling. Example 4

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

What is Digital Storytelling?

Storytelling + technology = digital

storytelling!

Combine: text, image, sound, voice and moving images

for a coherent story

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

The princess and the Flightless Birdhttp://youtu.be/aAcXE98Ub9U

DIGITAL STORYTELLING• Tools :

- Domo animate- Story Jumper

- Shidonni- Windows Movie Maker

- Storybird

The steps to be a storyteller

1. Choose

2. Remember

3. Material

4. Be yourself

5. Voice

6. body & face

How to tell a STORYTELLINGhttp://youtu.be/mOA8mUflH-Q

Now you are a great storyteller! Good luck!

To known more:To learn how to be a storyteller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrZc6eztoH4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFC-URW6wkU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOA8mUflH-Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yi8R5l9e4&feature=related

Examples of storytelling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu7UURo1o9k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA8f9f7lVn4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJU5L3ZYODU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ON4J3jrbrU&feature=related

REFERENCESWright, A. (1997) Creating Stories with Children. Oxford: OUP.

Bernard R. Robin. The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling. University of Houston.

Salmons, J. (2006). Storytelling & Collaborative E-Learning. Vision2Lead, Inc.

WEBLIOGRAPHYhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling

http://newmedia.yeditepe.edu.tr/pdfs/isimd_06/24.pdf

Thanks for your attention!!